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Gore VerbinskiKäsikirjoitus:
Steve ConradKuvaus:
Phedon PapamichaelNäyttelijät:
Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmenne de la Peña, Nicholas Hoult, Michael Rispoli, Gil Bellows, Judith McConnell, Shanesia Davis (lisää)Suoratoistopalvelut (4)
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Nicolas Cage on David Spritz, Chicagon paikallistelevision säämies, joka on sotkenut elämänsä. Hänellä on ex-vaimo Noreen (Hope Davis) ja teini-ikäiset lapset Mike (Nicholas Hoult) ja Shelly (Gemmenne De La Pena). Davidin isä Robert (Michael Cane) on kuuluisa kirjoittaja, joka on saanut National Book Awardin ja Pulitzer-palkinnon. David tuntee elävänsä isänsä varjossa. Hän odottaa työtarjousta valtakunnalliselta TV-kanavalta säämiehen työhön joka tekisi hänestä rikkaan ja kuuluisan. David haaveilee paluusta vaimonsa luo, mutta tällä on jo uusi miesystävä. Davidilla on ongelmia kiivaan luonteensa takia. Lapsillakin on omat ongelmansa: Mike käy terapiassa pilvenpolton takia ja Shelly on ylipainoinen ja apaattinen. Kaiken lisäksi Davidin isä saa tietää olevansa vakavasti sairas. Davidin on aika saada elämänsä kuntoon, jotta isä näkisi että hänestä on johonkin... (Nordisk Film Fin.)
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The Weather Man is a melancholic “drama from life” about a guy who comes to terms with his own shortcomings and thus finds himself. It is less sentimental and episodic than The Pursuit of Happyness and less theatrical and superficial than American Beauty. Talented craftsman Gore Verbinski affirms his feel for impressive visuals and an original take on relatively conventional material. The film loses its clear direction in places, but the accurate and intelligent expression of the final idea makes it work well as a whole. If you watch it at the right time, you may find itdd unforgettable.
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A movie for everyone who has come home at least once, sat down in a chair, and for some unknown reason, felt sad. Although I was slightly disappointed right after watching it, a few days later, I sat down just like that and suddenly I saw Nicolas Cage and Michael Caine in the car, joking about a funeral speech, and I understood that Gore Verbinski conveyed what he wanted to say in the most stylish way possible.
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The Weather Man is a good film. Quite good enough to find itself with good reviews. However, for a person to truly enjoy it - well, let's say, to be able to absorb it - they need a certain life experience that comes with age. It is indeed a film about the midlife crisis and the crisis of values of the main protagonist. Nicolas Cage, in the leading role, sees his marriage falling apart, his children remind him of assholes, without fully realizing that they are the result of his genes, inconsistent upbringing, and the imprint of his surroundings that he helped create. He also has a father who has achieved maximum respect in his profession and has proven to be a much better father and husband than his discontented offspring. Dave would like to live differently, but his cowardice, laziness, and sometimes just plain bad luck prevent him from doing so. What is unpleasant is that, despite the different overseas culture and different social environment, the film moves in a realistic position that will, I think, be dangerously familiar to many middle-aged men, including myself, and unfortunately, it can be recognized in many aspects. Several moments can hit close to home and evoke strong, not particularly pleasant, emotions. The only thing that separates The Weather Man from being a maximum emotional experience is the cowardice of the creators, which did not allow them to let their protagonist fall completely, and so the marasmus of Dave's personal life is compensated by his professional success, crowned by a prestigious job position with a two-million-dollar annual income. I know many people from my surroundings who would exchange their family for those two million dollars plus bonuses without a guilty conscience. Overall impression: 90%. Nicolas Cage performs effortlessly in the leading role and certainly does not harm the film.
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Verbinski drifted away from blockbuster waters to a strange picture about another “loser" suffering a middle-age crisis. It isn’t at all original; mainly it lacks any common theme to make the separate scenes, which are good in themselves, make sense when put together. Although this is no American Beauty, it has a pleasantly melancholic air to it and thanks to Cage and Cane it is certainly worth watching. Primarily for Cage, this and Lord of War signals a return to quality acting performances. Too bad that its potential is exploited very little; it should have cut much deeper...
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A sequence of episodes that don't hold together and lack a point. A strange mess that unsuccessfully plays at being art and a clever film full of life wisdom, but it is neither. Verbinski should not be attempting a new American Beauty and should stick to what he does best: seasonal blockbusters. However, the reborn Cage was great, and the fact that he doesn't get out of the picture the whole time makes this film even more watchable. 2 1/2 *.
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